Mrs. Barbara Smalls, 57, of Columbia, SC, died July 5, 2008 in Charleston, SC. Services were held July 10, 2008, at Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Norway, SC.

Elder Carrethia Holman of Denmark, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 12, 2008, at St. Phillip Church of God in Christ of Govan.

Funeral services for Baby Boy Anthony DaJohn Porter, 19 months, of Bamberg, were held Saturday, July 12, 2008.

Abraham Parson, 71, of Bronx, N.Y., died Saturday, July 5, 2008 at St. Barnabas Hospital following a long illness. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 12, 2008, at Taw Caw Baptist Church in Summerton.

John Jones Jr., a longtime resident of Denmark, died July 7, 2008, in North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 12, 2008.

Leroy Duncan, 69, of Denmark, died Thursday, July 10, 2008, at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.

Earthibell Ray, 70, of Denmark, died Friday, July 11, 2008, at the Bamberg County Hospital.